Re:How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017)
by bahmboo on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:21PM
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A point in the article is that self esteem as a feeling alone was supposed to fix the problem instead of doing actual work.
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Re:How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017)
by throwaway201103 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:33PM
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Yes, it was classic conflation of cause and effect. The observation was that successful people had high self-esteem. The (wrong) conclusion was that they had the high self-esteem first and that led to their achievements and success.